Grains futures fall, livestock prices trade mixed

[July 13, 2010]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures fell Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for September delivery dropped 3 cents to $5.35 a bushel; September corn fell 2.25 cents to $3.8125 a bushel; November soybeans shed 1.25 cents to $9.52 a bushel; and September oats slid 2 cents to $2.63 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures traded mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

August live cattle edged up 0.05 cent to 90.25 cents a pound; August feeder cattle slipped 0.20 cent to $1.13 a pound; August lean hogs gained 0.08 cent to 80.10 cents a pound; and July pork bellies were flat at 102.20 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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